Light-support.



T. J. TAYLOR. LIGHT SUPPORT. APPLICATION FILED FEB.7,1914.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

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THOMAS J. TAYLOR, OF HOMER, LOUISIANA.

LIGHT-SUPPORT.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 9, 1915.

Application filed February 7, 1914. Serial No. 817,281.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS J. TAYLOR, a citizen of the United States,residing at Homer, in the parish of Claiborne and State of Louisiana,have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Light-gupports, ofwhich the following is a specification, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in supports, andmore particularly to swinging supports especially adapted for use insupporting electric lamps, the main object of the invention being toprovide a support of the above character having carried thereby meanswherebythe lamps may be supported at any desired height or in anysuitableposition.

Another object of the present invention is the provision of a supportingdevice of the above character which will possess advantages and pointsof efficiency and durability, is inexpensive to manufacture and at thesame time is of extremely simple construction and operation.

With the above and other objects in view as will become apparent as thedescription proceeds, the invention consists in certain constructions,combinations and arrange ments of the parts that I shall hereinafterfully describe and claim.

For a full understanding of the invention, reference is to be had to thefollowing de scription and accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 isa side elevation of a supporting device constructed in accordance withmy invention; Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective view of one of thecatch. members;

Fig. 3 is an enlarged sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.Fig. l is a modification.

In carrying out my invention I provide a supporting rod 1, the upper endof which is threaded, and mounted thereon is a securing plate 2, saidplate being provided with a plurality of openings whereby the same maybe readily secured in any suitable manner to the ceiling, as shown inFig. 1. The lower end of the supporting rod 1 is screw threaded asindicated at 3, and mounted for rotation thereon is a sleeve 4, saidsleeve being supported in position by means of the nut 5 which isthreaded upon the lower end of the supporting rod 1 and arranged betweenthe sleeve 4 and the nut 5 is a washer 6 which will eliminate frictionbetween the sleeve 4 and the nut 5.

The sleeve 4 is adapted for rotation upon the lower end of thesupporting rod 1 and formed integral therewith is an outwardlyprojecting supporting arm 7 which is adapted to be normally disposed ina substantially horizontal position and rotate around the lower end ofthe supporting rod 1. The sleeve 4 is held against upward slidingmovement upon the supporting rod 1 by means of an amiular flange 8 whichmay be either formed integral with the rod or removably secured theretoin any suitable manner. Secured to the supporting arm 7 and arranged inspaced relation are the resilient catch members 9 through which thelight cord 10 is adapted to extend and is will be readily apparent thatthe lights 11 may be placed in any desired position in the room by therotation of the supporting arm 7 and may be positioned at any desiredheight by adjusting the cords 10 within the catch members 9. It will beapparent that the cords 10 may be connected to the electric circuit atone side of the securing plate 2 or they may extend up through the plateat a point adjacent the center thereof. Adjustably mounted upon the arm7 are a plurality of sleeves 7 and extending outwardly from said sleevesare the supporting arms 8 which may be provided with catch members 9. Itwill be noted that the sleeves 7 may be quickly and readily adjustableupon the arm 7 and securely held in an adjustable position by the setscrews 9 The catch members will be formed by striking a portion of thematerial out of the arms 8 to form a resilient tongue 10. From this itwill be apparent that when the cord 10 is passed up from the openings bycutting material out it will be securely held by downward movement ofthe tongue 10 engaging therewith. It will be apparent that my improvedsupporting device can be quickly and readily set up in an efiectiveposition or readily invention into practice Without departing taken downand at the" same time is ex- 7 'tremely simple in construction and canbe manufactured at a comparatively small cost.

In Fig. 4 I have illustrated a side'elevation of a modified form of myinvention wherein the supporting arm 7 extends upon opposite sides of:therod 1" and removably secured 'to the'sup porting arm 7 are the hooks8 and adapted to be engaged by the upper links of the chains 9. Thisform of the invention is, preferably to be used in supporting oillampsand the like, said lamps being mounted within a-wire bracket which isindicated by the numeral 12,'the upper end of which is provided withahook, as c shown at 13 and adapted to engage with anyv of the links ofthe chain to. suspend the lamps from the supporting arm 7 This form ofthe invention is to replace the preferred form when using the devicewhere a supply of electricityoannot be obtained.

While" I have shown anddescribed the preferred form 'ofiny-invention itwillnbe obvious that various changes in the details ofc'onstr'uction andin the proportions may be resorted to for successfully carrying myfromthe, spirit and scope of; the appended 7 claim.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for :What is claimed isf I s In adevice of the class described including a supporting plate having athreaded opening therein, a substantially perpendicular supporting rodhaving its end removably engaged within said opening, a sleeve rotatablymounted upon the lower end of said rod, meansfor retaining said sleeveagainst sliding movement upon the rod, an arm formed integral with thesleeve and projecting outwardly at'an angle with respect to thesupporting rod, a plurality of sleeves slidably mounted upon said arm,supportingarms formed integral-' with the sleeves andeXten'd-ingoutwardly therefrom, setscrews carriedby the sleeves and adapted-toretainthesame in adjustable position and catch:

THOMAS J. TAYLOR.

Y Witnesses:

J. B. SMITH, E. H FORTSON.

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